East Lancs Myllennium
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| East Lancs Myllennium | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | East Lancashire Coachbuilders |
| Production | 1999 - 2006 |
| Assembly | Blackburn |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 or 2 |
| Floor type | Low floor High-floor |
| Related | East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander East Lancs Myllennium Nordic East Lancs Myllennium Vyking |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | East Lancs Esteem |
The East Lancs Myllennium was a type of single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders on DAF SB220, Dennis Dart SLF, MAN 14.220 and Scania OmniTown chassis.
It was designed in 1999 as a bus for Millennium Dome routes M1 and M2 operated by London Central, but soon after became available for other operators. It was superseded by the East Lancs Esteem in 2006.[1][2]
Hyline
The Hyline body was designed to re-body reconditioned Leyland Tiger and Volvo B10M chassis.
Six Leyland Tigers were rebodied in 2000 as Myllennium Hylines for Strathtay.[3] Two further orders were placed, both for Volvo B10M chassis. Looking rather different from the Strathtay examples, the Volvos was built with bonded glazing and had the emergency exit located at the very rear off side. The concept was not a great success, as a result no further orders followed - the Hylines representing the end in the United Kingdom of rebodying for the bus industry. It was built like the Myllennium single-decker but for high-floor buses and thus, it could not be ordered with any new, low floor chassis. The body was discontinued in 2002.
Special
In line with previous East Lancs products, the Myllennium bodywork was used to body less standard buses than public service vehicles. Notable examples include the BBC Radio buses, in various places around the United Kingdom.
References
- ^ New single-deck from East Lancs Bus & Coach Professional 7 February 2006
- ^ New Esteem single-deck from East Lancs Bus & Coach Professional 13 April 2006
- ^ Angus Transport Group vehicles - 1984 Leyland Tiger Angus Transport Group
External links
Media related to East Lancs Myllennium at Wikimedia Commons
